My wife and I will be returning to SXM Sunday February 10th after a 3 years absence. We are bringing 6 long time friends - all staying with us at OBBR. One couple hasn't been to St Maarten for 40 years, which was when they were here on their honeymoon!!

We are trying to plan around heavy cruise ship days (it will be the 14th and 16th for our stay). We know to avoid Pburg, Orient and Marigot Market on those days.

My question is, do cruise ship passengers head towards/over crowd Anse Marcel and/or Pinel island. These two items are "must do" for us - just trying to figure out best days to go .

Thanks in advance